on the other side of the jet stream, a warming trend, sumner l.a. at 24. 19 in denver on wednesday. let's take a look at europe. things are looking clearer in many parts of the continent. across central portions and even into the uk as well, you're not really going to be finding any snowfall here today which is certainly a very welcome break. but this storm here across the mediterranean is just getting ready to dump a lot of heavy snow across italy and also the balkan peninsula. in behind it there's yet more snow and sleet towards the south across the iberian peninsula, although you will start to see things clearing out by friday. let's take a look at temperatures across europe. minus 9 on wednesday. minus 11 in moscow. minus 6 in kiev. still warm in athens. i think that's going to drop as we see cooler air spill into the southeast. out toward the west too in london with 3 degrees in paris. here's your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us.